DVD Highlights
Produced by elfenworks, "Tammy Hall: Reflections" combines Tammy's musical artistry with sophisticated cinematography by the elfenworks team, and visual effects by master editor-animator Tim Schaller.
Director Lauren Speeth blends Hall's performance with dream-like imagery, inviting viewers to escape into a world of visual metaphor inspired and driven by the emotional qualities of the music.
Among the original tunes are: "Pink Lightning," "Lauren's Step," and "Pour Tania," an ode to Tania Maria, a critically-acclaimed Brazilian pianist who sings along with her improvisational playing and who has inspired much of Tammy's music.
"Tammy Hall: Reflections" was released along with Hall's first CD with a jazz quartet, "Blue Divine," on February 28, 2006. Both
the CD and the DVD were selected by KCSM 91.1 (member supported S.F. Bay Area jazz radio) as appropriate
thank-you gifts for new members during their 2006 pledge drive. Footage from this film has also been seen on Bay Area Focus with Susan Sikora on KBHK/UPN TV and at numerous film festivals, including:
- Domestic Screenings:
The film had its world premiere screening at the
Ybor Festival of the Moving Image [April 5-9 2006 in Tampa, FL] and its West Coast premiere screening at the
Mendocino Film Festival [May 18-May 21 2006 in Mendocino, CA] where Ms. Hall was the headliner performing at the festival's opening gala event. The film had it's Southern Premiere at the
Ocean Film Festival of the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary [September 23-25 2006 in Savannah, GA] and it's Midwestern Premiere at the
Indie Gathering Film Festival [August 4-6 in Cleveland, OH], where it was chosen as Best Jazz Short and was the overall category winner for Best Music Short as well.
The film was then screened at the Black Earth Film Festival [November 8-12, 2006 in Galesburg, IL]. Its most
recent screening was in Los Angeles, California at the Reel Women Film Festival in March, 2007.
- International Screenings:
Tammy Hall: Reflections had its European Premiere screening at the
Globians Film Festival [August 2006 in Potsdam, Germany] on August 20th, 2006. Festival programmers at Globians describe Tammy Hall: Reflections as "moody jazz-piano transformed & reflected into a cinematic poem..." Its Canadian Permiere was at the
Calgary Fringe Film Festival [August 11-20, 2006] which screened the film twice in its entirety and awarded us Best International Documentary Short .
- Upcoming Screenings:
Tammy Hall: Reflections is an official selection of the the
Black Earth Film Festival [November 8-12, 2006 in Galesburg, IL],
Track Listing
- Now's the Time
- Pink Lightning
- In a Sentimental Mood
- Summertime
- My Foolish Heart
- Pour Tania
- Lauren’s Step
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elfenworks,. Printed & manufactured in the U.S.A.
